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Showcased for the first time in the U.S. is the book-length short story "The Key of Graciale," starring the alien princess Kahm in an adventure predating her exploits in the now-concluded Outlanders series. Kahm's mission is to retrieve a special magical key from the clutches of an ancient evil wizard. She soon discovers that the key is no mere sorcerer's bauble, but a key to unlock a gate into the dimension of the Dead, a gate that can bring catastrophic consequences to the land of the living - and to Kahm! (Source: Dark Horse)
Wataru ran away from home to find . . . something. Something fun, something exciting, something different. What he found was all three, with emphasis on "different"! Mian Toris is an enigma, an endearing, buxom redhead with a big sword and a penchant for dog collars and trouble! All the fleets of Helgebard are after her lovely tail, and she's drafted Wataru and his sidekick Babo to be her companions for the escape run. The authorities claim she's the harbinger of Armageddon, with aspirations to destroy the whole planet, but from where Wataru is sitting, she's the answer to his prayers!
Warring nations battle one another endlessly. A princess from Ledomiam, Karula, fights the Emperor Gustav -- and later, his daughter Minerva-- and must remain on her guard around Kurgh, a warlock with suspicious intentions. Featuring plenty of action and steamy situations, Drakuun is a fun read for mature audiences.
Rai is a space opera that fuses feudal Chinese and Japanese customs with vast galaxy spanning empires and space-going societies. The story follows the life and times of the samurai Rai, and the quest of several spacefaring factions for control of territory and, of course, the Empire.
Ralph is the king of all dinosaurs, but when suddenly a strange big thing crashes on earth, even he is powerless against it. He awakes 65000000 years later in the modern world in Mikobayashi Kana's body, only to find that the age of the dinosaurs has ended. Now the only thing he can think of is how to return to his time, but he is not the only "modern dinosaur"...
In the blink of an eye, high school student Taku Shimamura finds himself transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze, where intelligent creatures govern and the ruling class, led by the villainous Zolba, is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn, the Earth. Joining together with the oppressed Slaffleaze peasants, Taku must find a way to stop Zolba's dark forces before the way to the unsuspecting Earth is opened. In order to do so, he must first gain the love and trust of the last of the Yappie, the ancestral guardians of Slaffeaze. This is a task that will take more than a little courage and daring, for the last Yappie is not just a cute young female, she's also a dragon. (Source: Anime News Network)
Many different anthropomorphic predator and prey species are intermingling in a fantastical African savanna society! It is a strictly structured society with many rules, such as those governing when and where a predator is allowed to hunt their prey. One lion, Leon, doesn't quite fit into the role nature has chosen for him. He doesn't grow his mane out, and, despite his physical strength, he shows no real interest in establishing territory and acquiring a harem of lionesses. But the most abnormal quirk of all is that Leon is a vegetarian lion! His tiger companion (who has a bit of a crush on him), is firmly of the opinion that herbivores exist to be eaten, but she manages to mostly put up with his vegetarianism. One day, the two of them rescue a frightened gazelle, freshly arrived from the capital. The tiger is less than thrilled to have a pretty female food-animal hanging around with them, but the jackals who are tracking the gazelle seem to have some kind of business with Leon as well...
Cleopatra, who refuses to be captured by the Roman invasion, decides to commit suicide. Time passes, Cleopatra wakes up, what she doesn't know is that she was resurrected during the Second World War, to be more specific in 1942, when the military force Deutsches Afrikakorps wanted to take control of the Canal de Suez and the Eighth Army of the United Kingdom wanted to stop this war in Egypt. (Source: Japanese Publisher, translated)
In the future, cockroaches have evolved into intelligent creatures much like humans. Humans, however, still view them as disgusting vermin, and they exist on the outskirts of society, feeding on garbage and rarely venturing into inhabited areas. One night, a young girl named Yui has a run-in with a cockroach named Dai, and she learns that they aren't exactly the vermin she believed they were...
In this harsh reality it's either kill or be killed! A collection of short stories, that follow the adventures of the one-eyed female mercenary Khada. (Source: Japanese Publisher, translated)
